Brain MRI (without contrast) at Baptist Health Hardin
913 N Dixie Ave, Elizabethtown, KY · Baptisthealth · · NPI 1689282147
$3,566.85
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$4,755.80
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$390.96 with AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID vs $8,688.10 with ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | $390.96 | ↓ -89% |
| UHC MEDICAID | UHC MEDICAID | $390.96 | ↓ -89% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID - ALL PLANS | MOLINA MEDICAID - ALL PLANS | $390.96 | ↓ -89% |
| WELLCARE MEDICAID | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $390.96 | ↓ -89% |
| HUMANA MCAID - ALL OTHER PLANS | HUMANA MCAID - ALL OTHER PLANS | $398.78 | ↓ -89% |
| ANTHEM PATH TRAN HMO | ANTHEM PATH TRAN HMO | $500.87 | ↓ -86% |
| ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | $752.00 | ↓ -79% |
| ANTHEM PATH HMO - ALL OTHER PLANS | ANTHEM PATH HMO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $752.00 | ↓ -79% |
| ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO HIC | ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO HIC | $752.00 | ↓ -79% |
| ANTHEM PATH HPN | ANTHEM PATH HPN | $752.00 | ↓ -79% |
| ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $752.00 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA NEW BUS | AETNA NEW BUS | $795.00 | ↓ -78% |
| UHC ALL PAYER -ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER -ALL OTHER PLANS | $931.00 | ↓ -74% |
| MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | $939.75 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA COMM -ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA COMM -ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,043.70 | ↓ -71% |
| CENTER CARE-ALL PLANS | CENTER CARE-ALL PLANS | $1,320.59 | ↓ -63% |
| SIHO-ALL PLANS | SIHO-ALL PLANS | $3,475.24 | ↓ -3% |
| AETNA MCR ADV | AETNA MCR ADV | $4,344.05 | ↑ +22% |
| PASSPORT MCR/MCD ADV | PASSPORT MCR/MCD ADV | $4,344.05 | ↑ +22% |
| PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | $4,344.05 | ↑ +22% |
| SIGNATURE ADVANTAGE - ALL PLANS | SIGNATURE ADVANTAGE - ALL PLANS | $4,344.05 | ↑ +22% |
| ANTHEM MCR ADV | ANTHEM MCR ADV | $4,365.77 | ↑ +22% |
| HUMANA MCR ADV | HUMANA MCR ADV | $4,561.25 | ↑ +28% |
| AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS | AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS | $8,366.64 | ↑ +135% |
| AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT | AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT | $8,366.64 | ↑ +135% |
| ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS | ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS | $8,688.10 | ↑ +144% |
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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $2,553.45 | $533.32 – $1,759.03 |
| Marcum Wallace Hospital | Irvine | $1,729.80 | not published |
| Lourdes Hospital | Paducah | $1,648.20 | not published |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $1,613.25 | $594.42 – $2,584.40 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $1,354.91 | $449.50 – $3,455.27 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $1,771.39 | $449.50 – $2,330.51 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $1,876.33 | $449.50 – $2,135.77 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $1,686.95 | $449.50 – $3,340.61 |